To me, many of these comments make little sense. Yes, Carmen includes sex but I wouldn't want to see it. It's like saying that if the Shibutanis are skating to Memoirs of a Geisha, they should be playing out a scene between a geisha and her customer. I'm sorry but I don't like Virtue putting her hand on his butt, nor her crotch in his face. I've seen the opera Carmen and the ballet Carmen and neither were overly sexual. The themes were there but Elena Obraztsova never smacked Placido Domingo's butt and neither did Svetlana Zakharova.

To me, many of these comments make little sense. Yes, Carmen includes sex but I wouldn't want to see it. It's like saying that if the Shibutanis are skating to Memoirs of a Geisha, they should be playing out a scene between a geisha and her customer. I'm sorry but I don't like Virtue putting her hand on his butt, nor her crotch in his face. I've seen the opera Carmen and the ballet Carmen and neither were overly sexual. The themes were there but Elena Obraztsova never smacked Placido Domingo's butt and neither did Svetlana Zakharova.

Maybe sex is not the right word. Passion, definitely.

Figure skating is not ballet or opera. Tessa and Scott are more delicious than Elena and Placido. Anyway, all their moves are well integrated into the choreo. It's not like they are gyrating in place.

To me, many of these comments make little sense. Yes, Carmen includes sex but I wouldn't want to see it. It's like saying that if the Shibutanis are skating to Memoirs of a Geisha, they should be playing out a scene between a geisha and her customer. I'm sorry but I don't like Virtue putting her hand on his butt, nor her crotch in his face. I've seen the opera Carmen and the ballet Carmen and neither were overly sexual. The themes were there but Elena Obraztsova never smacked Placido Domingo's butt and neither did Svetlana Zakharova.

I think Roland Petit's Carmen is much more sexual than V/M's Carmen. Way more.